SILVER CITY, NV
The fire department has helped combat several large fires on the Comstock, including the Dayton Courthouse in 1930, the Sutro Mansion in 1941 and a fire in Silver City in 1879 that helped usher in the city's decline.
At that point the Comstock treasure days were almost over and that fire destroyed 14 homes and the city jail and started the precipitous downfall of Silver City," Steinberg said. "Then when the V&T Railroad pulled up it's spur in 1881, that really started the decline."
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